Ancient china timeline By Butterflies(: Period: 1600 BCE to 1046 BCE shang dynasty Period: 1324 BCE to 1266 BCE King Jie of the Xia Dynasty dies, ending the dynasty Period: 1122 BCE to 256 BCE Zhou dynasty in china 1066 BCE Invention of paper Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE Qin dynasty Period: 218 BCE to 25 BCE rieghn of lui bang Period: 210 BCE to 25 BCE Reign of Emperor Wang Mang Period: 210 BCE to 209 BCE The crossbow is used for the first time in battle Period: 206 BCE to 220 han dynasty Period: 156 BCE to 87 BCE life of counfucious Period: 142 BCE to 87 BCE reighn of wudi Period: 45 BCE to 23 BCE Reign of Emperor Wu Ding of the Shang Dynasty Period: 25 BCE to 220 BCE Warring States Period 760 Sun Tzu, the author of the Art of War is born 1600 The Terracotta Army is buried